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adjective
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2.
decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
3.
having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.
4.
capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment.
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Mathematics. undetermined; not assigned a specific value: an arbitrary constant.
noun
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Arbitrary
is always a great word to know.
So is common divisor. Does it mean:
| a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set |
| to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division |
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Word Origin & History
arbitrary
early 15c., "deciding by one's own discretion," from L. arbitrarius "depending on the will, uncertain," from arbiter (see arbiter). The original meaning gradually descended to "capricious" and "despotic" (1640s).
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